International Camellia Register-Camellia,Cultivars,Species,Photos

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ICS logo Camellia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae, which are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. Camellias are famous throughout East Asia; which are known as cháhuā (茶花, 'tea flower') in Chinese, tsubaki (椿) in Japanese, dongbaek-kkot (동백꽃) in Korean. Of economic importance in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Indian subcontinent, leaves of C. sinensis are processed to create the popular beverage tea. The ornamental C. japonica, C. sasanqua, C. reticulata and their hybrids as well as other species in this genus are the source of hundreds of garden cultivars. As important woody oil plants, C. oleifera and C. japonica etc. produces camellia seed oil, used in cooking and cosmetics. [more]

Statistics

Totally, 52,641 cultivar names of were recorded.

Cultivar names

The status of the 52,641 cultivar names is as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	26,839	51.0%
◕	Synonym	25,405	48.3%
◕	Unresolved	397	0.8%

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What's new

wangzhonglang edited Hedinghong's Cultivar Info
wangzhonglang edited Yunnan Hedinghong's Cultivar Info
Sueo Takano uploaded Robiraki's Photo
wangzhonglang edited Ariel's Song's Cultivar Info
Yves CHAPEL uploaded Maliflora's Photo
Yves CHAPEL uploaded Rotundifolia's Photo
Yves CHAPEL uploaded Pompone's Photo
Yves CHAPEL uploaded Masayoshi's Photo
Yves CHAPEL uploaded Papaveracea's Photo
Sueo Takano uploaded Robiraki's Photo

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News

王大庄（John Ta-Chuang Wang） passed away on 25th May 202412 Jul 2024
Camellia nanningensis sp. nov.: the earliest fossil wood record of the genus Camellia (Theaceae) from East Asia10 Jul 2024
2025年日本东京国际茶花大会-日程安排22 May 2024
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Standard & Specification

International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants, Ninth Edition

Links

International Camellia Society
International Society for Horticultural Science
American Camellia Society
Australian Camellia Research Society
New Zealand Camellia Society Inc.
日本ツバキ協会 (Japanese Camellia Society)
Sociedad Española de la Camelia (Spain Camellia society)
Società Italiana della Camelia (Italian Camellia society)
Société du Camellia d'Ile de France (Country Ile de France Camellia Society)
Deutsche Kameliengesellschaft e.V. (Germany Camellia Society)
Southern California Camellia Society
A.B.C. (Brittany Association of French Camellia)